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Mark Rober just set up one of the most interesting self-driving tests of 2025, and he did it by imitating Looney Tunes. The former NASA engineer and current YouTube mad scientist recreated the classic gag where Wile E. Coyote paints a tunnel onto a wall to fool the Road Runner.

Only this time, the test subject wasn’t a cartoon bird… it was a self-driving Tesla Model Y.

The result? A full-speed, 40 MPH impact straight into the wall. Watch the video and tell us what you think!

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To any artists in Austin,TX: you have your work cut out for you. Godspeed.

[–] blackluster117@sh.itjust.works 54 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Still think LIDAR is inferior to computer vision, Elon?

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[–] arankays@lemmy.ca 23 points 1 day ago (27 children)

I tried Waymo when I was visiting LA a few months ago. Genuinely terrific stuff.

I do not trust Teslas one bit though.

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[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (8 children)

To be fair, I'd be surprised if half the humans driving didn't do the same.

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[–] Coreidan@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

Tesla is trash.

Fuck Elon musk.

[–] mavu@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Taking a guess here, but I think Mark Rober is not a big trump/musk fan? :D

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